of course, we have elections coming up. talking a lot about monetary easing so that has pushed the dollar down. but a pretty miserable picture today. >> thanks very much. president obama will continue his pr offensive today in his push to raise taxes on wealthy americans. congress remains at odds over a budget deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. markets were spooked yesterday when senate majority leader harry reid said little progress has been made. today the president speaks at about 11:30 eastern on how potential tax hikes will hurt the middle class. he'll then meet with a second group of ceos at quarter of 5:00 p.m. to get their input on how to solve the fiscal crisis. that group will include brian roberts, doug olberhaman and marisa meyer. james gorman has been enlisting the help of his employees in the fight over the fiscal cliff. "the wall street journal" reports that he asked the bank's more than 16,000 financial advisers to urge their congressmen to reach a bipartisan compromise on a budget deal. gorman says no issue is